Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 21 Apr 2022 07:42 UTC

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M 6.7 in Nicaragua on 21 Apr 2022 07:42 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.7M
Depth:	25.33 Km
Lat/Lon:	11.5538 , -86.9919
Event Date:	21 Apr 2022 07:42 UTC 21 Apr 2022 01:42 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI 910 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000hf75
Inserted at:	21 Apr 2022 08:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.3 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000hf75	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0.07m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.07m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.02

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1438332	0.2	21 Apr 2022 07:42	6.8M, 10km	N/A	370 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:43)	00:11	PTWC
1438333	0.2	21 Apr 2022 07:42	6.8M, 10km	N/A	390 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:42)	00:18	NTWC
1438335	0	21 Apr 2022 07:42	6.7M, 25.33km	5.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:40)	00:23	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Nicaragua ,of Managua (population 38,097) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	280000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1438335	11.554/-86.992	6.7	25.3	5.548	21 Apr 2022 08:09	00:26	(new episode)
2	1438335	11.554/-86.992	6.7	25.3	5.652	21 Apr 2022 08:24	00:41	(upd of #1)
3	1438335	11.554/-86.992	6.7	25.3	5.62	21 Apr 2022 09:48	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	1438335	11.554/-86.992	6.7	25.3	5.419	22 Apr 2022 08:40	1d 00:57	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Managua	Nicaragua	170000 people
Carazo	Nicaragua	24000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	64000 people
Managua	Nicaragua	1.2 million people
Carazo	Nicaragua	160000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	250000 people
Masaya	Nicaragua	110000 people
Rivas	Nicaragua	120000 people
Granada	Nicaragua	7300 people
Chinandega	Nicaragua	290000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Zapote	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	58 km
Masachapa	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	58 km
El Tinco	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	63 km
El Tránsito	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	64 km
El Tamarindo	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	64 km
San Bartolo	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	64 km
Santa Cruz	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	65 km
El Amparo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	65 km
Huiste	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	66 km
Boquita	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	68 km
San Rafael	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	69 km
Casares	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	71 km
Carlos Fonseca Amador	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	71 km
San José	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	71 km
Ahuchuetes	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	73 km
El Guayabal	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	73 km
El Rosario	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	3000 people	74 km
Puerto Somoza	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	75 km
San Lorenzo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	75 km
Salinas Grandes	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	79 km
El Tamarindo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	80 km
El Tempate	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	82 km
Veracruz	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	85 km
La Piñuela	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	85 km
Candelaria	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	86 km
San Clemente	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	86 km
El Caimito	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	86 km
Santa Ana	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	89 km
San Gabriel	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	90 km
Las Casillos	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	90 km
Nagarote	León	Nicaragua	Village	26000 people	91 km
Santa Luisa	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	91 km
El Trapichito	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	92 km
Los Ranchos	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	92 km
Ceiba Mocha	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	93 km
La Paz	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	94 km
Bella Cruz	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	97 km
La Concepcion	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	11000 people	87 km
Diriamba	Carazo	Nicaragua	City	34000 people	88 km
Corinto	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	88 km
La Cholpa	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	89 km
Mazatlán	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	89 km
Poneloya	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	91 km
El Brasil	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	92 km
Jinotepe	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	29000 people	93 km
El Rosal	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	93 km
Las Salinas	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	93 km
Las Marías	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	95 km
Mateare	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	21000 people	97 km
El Panorama	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	97 km
León	León	Nicaragua	City	160000 people	98 km
Brasiles	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	98 km
Santa Teresa	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	98 km
La Pintada	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	99 km
Los Cedros	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	99 km
El Crucero	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	16000 people	99 km
Las Delicias	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	99 km
La Camaroncita	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	99 km
El Socorro	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	100 km
Masatepe	Masaya	Nicaragua	City	21000 people	100 km
Puerto el Barquito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	100 km
Corinto	León	Nicaragua	Village	19000 people	100 km
Ticuantepe	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	13000 people	100 km
Las Brisas	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	101 km
Linda Vista	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	102 km
Las Cabras	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	102 km
Managua	Managua	Nicaragua	Capital	970000 people	102 km
Momotombi	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	102 km
Las Peraltas	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	103 km
Nandaime	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	21000 people	104 km
Escalante	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	105 km
Corpus Cristi	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	105 km
El Gigante	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	107 km
Telica	León	Nicaragua	Village	8800 people	107 km
Obraje	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	108 km
Colonia Adela	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	109 km
El Tamagás	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	109 km
San Pablo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	109 km
El Cardón	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	109 km
Las Mercedes	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	111 km
Pica Pica	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	112 km
Chichigalpa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	33000 people	112 km
Altos	Masaya	Nicaragua	Village	-	113 km
El Coyol	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	113 km
Cofradía	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	113 km
San Cristóbal	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	114 km
Brito	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	114 km
Fátima	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	115 km
Venecia	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	115 km
Casa Blanca	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	115 km
San Jacinto	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	115 km
Tola	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	2600 people	116 km
Santa Justa	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	119 km
Zambrana	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	119 km
San Ramón	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	119 km
Belén	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	5100 people	119 km
Chinandega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	130000 people	119 km
Caserío Los Portillos	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	119 km
Malpaisillo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	120 km
Barrio de Tecuaname	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	120 km
El Parai	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	120 km
Tipitapa	Managua	Nicaragua	City	130000 people	121 km
San Ramón	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	122 km
Santa Bárbara	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	122 km
El Socorro	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	123 km
El Viejo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	53000 people	124 km
Caserío El Espino	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	124 km
Río Grande	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	124 km
El Fortín	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	125 km
Santa Elisa	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	125 km
La Bocana	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	125 km
Palos Negros	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	125 km
San José	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	126 km
Idelfonso	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	126 km
Caserío Santa Elena	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	126 km
Aposentillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	126 km
El Jocote	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	127 km
Rivas	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	30000 people	127 km
San Juan del Sur	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	7700 people	128 km
San José	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	128 km
San Antonio	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	128 km
Caserío la Calle Real de Tolape	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	129 km
San Francisco Libre	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	129 km
Buenos Aires	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	130 km
Los Ángeles	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	130 km
La Boca de la Montaña	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	130 km
San Jorge	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	7100 people	130 km
Olomega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	131 km
Pacora	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	132 km
Santa Fe	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	132 km
El Empalme	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	132 km
El Socorro	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	134 km
Petacaltepe	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	134 km
Caserío la Mojarra	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	134 km
Caserío El Laurel Galán	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	135 km
Las Delicias	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	135 km
Mokorón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	135 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Montelimar		30				0	59 km
Fanor Urroz		100				0	97 km
Los Brasiles		80	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	99 km
Augusto Cesar Sandino International	MGA	59	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	111 km
Punta Huete		66				0	125 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Masachapa		Nicaragua	58 km
Puerto Sandino	NIPSN	Nicaragua	75 km
Corinto	NICIO	Nicaragua	104 km
San Juan Del Sur	NISJS	Nicaragua	126 km

More information

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